Waiting for Kidding
Our Does, TGP Juniper and TGP Jolene, are still at The Goat Patch, waiting to give birth. Mallory and Shaun have an amazing setup, with 12 birthing pens. I know that our Does are getting the best care there and I can’t wait for our kids to be born.
Hopefully Juniper and Jolene will get busy and have lots of babies in these lovely birthing pens. I can’t wait to pick them up to bring them home!
Our Goat House
Our goat house is not as big as the set up at The Goat Patch, but I think we are all ready. Maybe, one day, our herd will grow to the point were we can justify a beautiful set up like theirs.
The dimensions of our goat house are 8×24 feet. The inside area is 8 x 16 feet and the outside enclosed area is 8 x 8 feet. I really like the idea of having food and water in the outside enclosed area. When our herd gets a bit bigger, and we get our permanent fencing in, I plan to add a large covered hay feeder in the paddock.
Outside Enclosed area
mineral feeder and hay rack 
goat door, hook for water bucket and the goat scratch station!
Inside the goat house
The bunk beds, inside the goat house.
Inside, you can see the rubber matting, over the wood floor, the goat “bunk bed”, and the goat sized door to the outside enclosed area. The floor will be covered with straw and other bedding before the goats move in.
Because of the number of coyote in our area, the goats will need to be locked inside each evening. I will have to be diligent about letting them outside to eat, first thing in the morning. If I sleep in, I’m sure they will voice their displeasure.
Our Feed storage
Vittle Vaults full of feed and minerals 
Straw and Hay bales
We have 60 lb containers full of Alfalfa cubes, Corn/oats/barley, and goat mineral supplement. There are bales of straw for bedding and some really nice hay.
We might need to pick up some goat starter/grower meal for the kids. I have another one of the Vittle Vault containers ready to store that if needed.
I picked up an IBC tote so that we can have water available close to the goat house, at least for the summer months. It is looking like I will have to haul water from the house in the winter, at least until we can afford to build our main barn and have water run out to the livestock area.
